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A Year After a Cataclysm, Little Change on Wall St.</a></h2>
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A regulatory overhaul of the financial industry faces difficulty in Congress, but unless the industry’s risks are addressed they could cause an even bigger crisis.    </p>
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Lehman Had to Die So Global Finance Could Live</a></h3>
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The failure of Lehman Brothers caused a panic that spurred Congress to approve the $700 billion bailout.    </p>
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U.S. to Accept Iran’s Proposal to Hold Face-to-Face Talks</a></h3>
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By MARK LANDLER and DAVID E. SANGER            </h6>
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The decision to engage directly with Iran would put a senior representative of the Obama administration at the bargaining table, along with emissaries from five other nations.    </p>

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Company Kept Kabul Security Contract Despite Record</a></h3>
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By GINGER THOMPSON  and MARK LANDLER            </h6>
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A review of documents reveals that the State Department had long known of complaints about ArmorGroup, the contractor chosen to protect its embassy in Kabul.    </p>

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